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BBC Confirms: No More ‘Sarah Jane Adventures’

This possibly won’t be the most unexpected of news stories, but it’s a sad one, nonetheless.

The BBC has confirmed that, contrary to speculation, there will be no further episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures, following the recent death of Elisabeth Sladen.

It had been thought that the show, a firm favorite on CBBC, could continue in some way, but the channel’s executives have decided to finish off the episodes they had been working on, and bring the production to a halt, as a mark of respect to Elisabeth herself.

A statement from the BBC said: “Contrary to press reports today we can confirm that no new episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures will be filmed following the tragic death of actress Elisabeth Sladen in April, 2011.”

“As a tribute to Elisabeth, the six episodes that were recorded with her last year will be broadcast on CBBC, at a date to be confirmed.”

Fraser McAlpine

Fraser has been writing and broadcasting about music and popular culture for over 15 years, first at the Top of the Pops website, and most recently for the NME, Guardian and MSN. He also wrote BBC Radio 1's Chart Blog and reviews albums for BBC Radio 2.
He is Anglophenia's current resident Brit, blogging about British slang and running around the Mall taking snaps of the crowd at the Royal Wedding, as well as reigniting a childhood passion for classic Doctor Who and cramming as much music in as he can manage.
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